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Social Media Gardening Tips and Tricks to Avoid

If your feed is anything like mine, you get a constant stream of newsy horticultural information every time you look at your phone. Many of these articles, memes, and posts…
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Garden Pest and Disease Watch: Eastern Filbert Blight and Elm Zigzag Sawfly

Question: My 30-year-old Harry Lauder’s walking stick (Corylus avellana* ‘Contorta’, Zones 4–8) is starting to die back. Some leaves are chlorotic and then turn brown, with the branch becoming dry…
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5 Easy Ways to Test Your Garden Soil pH at Home

Most people know that soil pH is a measure of how acidic or alkaline your soil is. Soils naturally have a wide range of pH values, with most ranging from…
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Maintaining Healthy Garden Soil

Many people think of soil as dead, decomposed organic matter and minerals. But it’s much more than that. Soil is full of life. Trillions of organisms live in soil, using…
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Healthy Garden: Understanding Deer Repellents

Most gardeners consider the term “deer” a four-letter word. If your garden hasn’t been mowed down by these unabashed creatures, you most likely know someone whose garden has. Deer populations…
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What Made My Good Plant Go Bad?

Use these seven questions to figure out what's wrong with any plant
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Improve Your Soil by Raking Less

Mowing leaves into your lawn can improve its vigor, and unraked leaves in planting beds don’t smother shade-tolerant perennials

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